September 22, 2000, 9:00-11:00 p.m.
Host: Peter Welch
This week's show featured songs about getting older to celebrate a friend's 40th birthday, plus a 70th birthday tribute to Ray Charles.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Label & Format |
| Centerpiece | John Coltrane & Milt Jackson | The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Disc 1 | Rhino CD |
| I Feel That Old Age Coming On | Wynonie Harris | Good Rocking Tonight | Charly CD |
| Old Maid Boogie | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | Blues, Boogie and Bop: The 1940s Mercury Sessions, Disc 4 (V.A.) | Polygram/Mercury CD |
| You Ain't Got It No More | Julia Lee | Kansas City Star, Vol. 4 | Bear Family CD |
| Wake Up and Live | Floyd Dixon | Wake Up and Live | Alligator CD |
| Young Fashioned Ways | Muddy Waters | The Complete Muddy Waters (1947-1967), Disc 3 | Charly CD |
| You Can't Take It with You | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | Gangster of Love | Charly CD |
| Sittin' on It All the Time | Wynonie Harris | Good Rocking Tonight | Charly CD |
| Too Old to Die Young | The Love Dogs | Heavy Petting | Tone-Cool CD |
| Still Can Boogie | Johnnie Bassett | Bassett Hound | Fedora CD |
| Middle Aged Blues Boogie | Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women | The Uppity Blues Women | Alligator CD |
| Delinquency Blues | Max "Blues" Bailey | Obscure Blues Shouters, Vol. 1 (V.A.) | Blue Moon CD |
| Don't Save It Too Long | Julia Lee | Kansas City Star, Vol. 4 | Bear Family CD |
| Father Time | Lowell Fulson | The Complete Chess Masters | MCA/Chess CD |
| Ten Years Ago | Buddy Guy | The Complete Chess Studio Recordings | MCA/Chess CD |
| Don't Put Off for Tomorrow | Al King | Blues Master | Forevermore CD |
| Put Your Foot Down | Eric Bibb | Home to Me | Ruf Records CD |
| Slow Down | Keb' Mo' | Slow Down | Sony/Okeh CD |
| Ain't Found the Answer Yet | Ken Saydak | Foolish Man | Delmark CD |
| Live and You Learn | Sam Taylor | I Came from Dirt | Well! Records CD |
| One Time Around | Joe Louis Walker | The Gift | Hightone CD |
| Don't Do It | Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women | Cleaning House | Alligator CD |
| You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover | Bo Diddley | The Chess Box, Disc 2 | MCA/Chess CD |
| Going Down Slow | Willie Dixon & Howlin' Wolf | The Complete Recordings 1951-1969, Disc 5 | Charly CD |
| Come Back Baby | Ray Charles | Blues & Jazz | Atlantic CD |
| I've Got News for You | Ray Charles | Genius & Soul, Disc 2 | Rhino CD |
| Lonely Avenue | Ray Charles | The Birth of Soul, Vol. 2 | Atlantic CD |
| What'd I Say (Parts 1 & 2) | Ray Charles | The Birth of Soul, Vol. 3 | Atlantic CD |